I Wanted Wings (1941)

★ 5.4 2h 15m IMDb

Told in flashback, this drama follows the training and personal lives of three recruits in the Army Air Corps: a wealthy playboy, a college jock, and an auto mechanic. Love interest is supplied by a female photographer and a sultry blonde.

I Wanted Wings

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Ray Milland
Ray Milland as Jeff Young Died 1986 · Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, UK Ray Milland (born Reginald Alfred John Truscott-Jones or Alfred Reginald Jones; 3 January 1907 – 10 March 1986) was a Welsh actor and director. He is best remembered for his Academy Award–winning port...
William Holden
William Holden as Al Ludlow Died 1981 · O'Fallon, Illinois, USA William Holden (April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1953 and the Emmy Award for Best Actor in 1974. One of the biggest box office draw...
Wayne Morris
Wayne Morris as Tom Cassidy Died 1959 · Los Angeles, California, USA Wayne Morris  (February 17, 1914 – September 14, 1959), born Bert DeWayne Morris in Los Angeles, was an American film and television actor, as well as a decorated World War II fighter ace. He appeared...
Brian Donlevy
Brian Donlevy as Capt. Mercer Died 1972 · Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK Brian Donlevy (February 9, 1901 – April 5, 1972) was an Ulster-born American film actor, noted for playing tough guys from the 1930s to the 1960s. He usually appeared in supporting roles. Among his be...
Veronica Lake
Veronica Lake as Sally Vaughn Died 1973 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA Veronica Lake (November 14, 1922 – July 7, 1973) was an American film actress and pin-up model. She received both popular and critical acclaim, most notably for her role in Sullivan's Travels and her...
Constance Moore
Constance Moore as Carolyn Bartlett Died 2005 · Sioux City, Iowa, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Constance Moore (January 18, 1920, Sioux City, Iowa — September 16, 2005 in Los Angeles, California) was a singer and actress. Her most noted work was in wartime...

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CinemaSerf 6/10 Jun 25, 2022
Brian Donlevy ("Capt. Mercer") has to knock three rookies into shape after they join the US Army Air Corps to fight in WWII. Ray Milland is cocky playboy "Jeff"; William Holden the aspiring mechanic "Ludlow" and Wayne Morris the all-American college boy "Tom". The film follows their training for and eventual participation in the war, and to that extent it almost serves as an engaging training film depicting the broader efforts of this less heralded service during the war. The rest of it runs way too much to romantic slapstick for my liking. The men are vying for the attentions of photographer "Carolyn" (Constance Moore) and the rather venal night club singer "Sally" (Veronica Lake). The former is just too sickly and wholesome; the latter has more of an edginess to her character but neither do much more the clutter up the action with some seriously implausible scenarios concluding in a denouement that is just daft! It's got just a bit too much stereotyping going on too - especially Holden's character, and the whole thing is way too long and wordy with not enough actual action. Mitchell Leisen has assembled a good cast, but seems not to know how best to exploit their skills and though there is a touch of chemistry between an on-form Lake and Milland, it's just not enough to take this off auto pilot.

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